KRS-One Maximum Strength 2008 CD

Maximum Strength 2008 Music

List Price	$17.98 (You save $3.79)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, R&B CDs, Rap, Urban Soundtrack, East Coast Rap
Label	Koch
Orig Year	2008
All Time Sales Rank	104964
CD Universe Part number	7487737
Catalog number	9605
Discs	1
Release Date	Jun 10, 2008
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Duane Ramos; Duane Ramos; Oh No
Personnel	KRS-One - rap vocals

KRS-One Maximum Strength 2008 Songs

	1.	Beware
	2.	Pick It Up
	3.	All My Men
	4.	Straight Through
	5.	Rockin' Til the Morning
	6.	Kool Herc, The
	7.	Busy Bee Shout Out
	8.	New York
	9.	Hip Hop
	10.	Let Me Know
	11.	Nah
	12.	Heat, The

Maximum Strength 2008 Music Review

Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

5 stars Another Masterpiece..
Great album from Tha Teacher of Hip Hop...Krs does a little less preaching this time around and just brings it hard! The Greatest MC of All Time!!
Submitted by ED (Philadelphia, PA)
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5 stars KRS-ONE Delivers Maximum Hiphop
Once again KRS-ONE takes Hiphop to another level. If you see this CD in the store - Pick It Up, Pick It Up, Pick It Up! You'll be Rockin' Til the Morning in the Heat of New York sounds. KRS-ONE never misses.
Submitted by chelaBOP (Erie, PA, USA)
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3 stars Average.
Well It is great to have KRS One here putting out albums every year consistently, it's just fantastic. Wish the same could be said for Rakim. I would say this album Maximum Strength is good. Though it's not anything amazing. The beats are pretty generic and nothing special. It's a far cry from KRS One's self titled album from the mid 90's and not as good as Sneak Attack or Keep Right (Keep Right is his best newer album of recent)This album is great if you want to get down with the latest KRS-One, but from a quick listen this album should be overlooked if you still have not heard Keep Right or Life or even Hip-Hop Lives, start with one of those albums if you have not heard them, or pick this up to hear the latest. Good album, just nothing special.
Submitted by J. (Seattle)
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